The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 1992
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
7:11 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 854
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.43° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.05° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.