The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1949
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 322
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 | 81.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.69° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.