The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1988
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
9:48 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 208.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 319.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.47° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.14° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.