The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
10:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.03° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.70° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.