The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2030
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
8:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1324
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.87° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.42° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.