The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1976
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
10:46 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 59.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.91° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.70° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.