The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2018
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
11:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.16° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.30° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.