The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
6:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 153.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 4.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.66° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.55° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.