The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1945
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
1:35 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.45° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.79° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.