The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1996
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 189.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.79° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.56° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.