The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2002
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
12:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 277.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.26° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.56° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.