The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2056
Waning Gibbous
83.8% 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
9:36 PM
10:35 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 227.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 12.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.56° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.77° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.