The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2025
First Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.86° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.69° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| 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.