The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2064
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1744
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 316.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.20° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.16° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.