The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2070
Waning Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
1:18 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.79° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.22° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.