The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
8:30 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 196.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.03° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.34° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.