The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1937
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
12:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.89° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.95° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.