The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1964
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
12:32 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.89° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.96° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.