The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2078
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
12:31 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.13° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.59° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.