The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1984
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
8:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 755
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 | 38.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.27° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.37° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| 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.