The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1921
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
3:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 201.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.51° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.27° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.