The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1991
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 257.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.46° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.13° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.