The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
3:45 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 126.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.02° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.20° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.