The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1961
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 231.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 296.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.54° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.08° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.