The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1939
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
8:10 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 336.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.11° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.33° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.