The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
3:05 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 359
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.79° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.84° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.