The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
1:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.66° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.86° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.