The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2059
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.58° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.79° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.