The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
2:52 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.25° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.91° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.