The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.12° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.84° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.