The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2007
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.16° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.90° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| 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.