The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1967
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.75° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.06° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.