The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
1:22 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 102.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.29° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.09° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.