The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2054
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 335.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.16° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.53° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.