The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2044
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
11:49 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 72.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.03° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.04° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.