The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1994
Waning Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
12:53 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.54° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.20° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.