The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1927
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
8:42 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.31° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.62° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.