The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1959
Waning Crescent
8.5% 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
5:01 AM
3:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 326.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.09° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.69° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.