The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
7:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 172.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 358.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 26.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.82° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.