The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1946
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
8:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 37.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.49° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.81° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.