The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1951
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
3:50 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.67° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.37° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.