The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2068
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
7:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.31° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.01° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.