The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1965
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.92° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.00° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.