The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:36 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 129.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.13° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.18° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.