The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
5:10 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 27.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.58° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.61° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.