The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2079
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
8:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 39.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.31° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.53° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.