The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1923
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
10:10 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 226.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.77° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.49° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.