The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
6:06 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 155.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.30° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.66° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.