The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2067
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
10:44 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1781
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / -2.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.14° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.16° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.