The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1972
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
10:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 606
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.21° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.31° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.