The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1932
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
3:47 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 343.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.07° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.56° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.