The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1981
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
5:59 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 718
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 164.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.11° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.36° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.