The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.43° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.81° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.