The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2081
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
2:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1954
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 | 322.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.40° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.69° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.