The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2090
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
11:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2066
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 | 64.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.08° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.07° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.