The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2014
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
11:54 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 72.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.43° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.11° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.