The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1948
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
1:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 308.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.95° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.24° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.