The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
3:26 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 124
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.97° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.49° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.