The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
12:35 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.62° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.37° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.