The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1978
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
3:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.11° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.50° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.