The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2040
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1447
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.81° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.00° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.