The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:32 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 149.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.38° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.57° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.