The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
94.3% 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
8:05 PM
9:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 207.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.28° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.90° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| 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.