The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2086
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 254.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.29° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.96° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.