The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2034
Waning Gibbous
95.7% 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
7:45 PM
8:53 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1373
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 | 203.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.18° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.