The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1940
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
3:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 210
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.40° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.