The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:56 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 237.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.48° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.51° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.