The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
3:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 121.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.62° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.06° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.