The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2029
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1311
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 | 258.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.44° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.72° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.