The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2005
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
1:36 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 307.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.59° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.64° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.