The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2080
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
7:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 356,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1942
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.04° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.