The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2062
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
1:55 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1719
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 | 316.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.80° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.