The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1970
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
3:49 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 343.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.69° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.16° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.