The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 260.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.97° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.92° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.