The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2084
Waning Crescent
1.6% 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
7:00 AM
4:11 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 185.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.04° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.65° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.