The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1935
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
7:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 149
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.21° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.30° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.