The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
5:14 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 23.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.28° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.75° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.