The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1968
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 557
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.06° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.