The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1986
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
1:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 307.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.06° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.85° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.