The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2011
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:57 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 26.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 139.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.82° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.23° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.