The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2046
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
4:51 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 176.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.13° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.21° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.