The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
6:03 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 396
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.81° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.84° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.