The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
1:31 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 105.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.93° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.65° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.