The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2072
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
8:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1843
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.66° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.58° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.