The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2071
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:34 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1831
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 | 57.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.97° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.88° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.