The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1947
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
7:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.58° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.