The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2082
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.50° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.44° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.