The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2091
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
8:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2078
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 | 193.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 334.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.11° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.38° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.