The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2092
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
3:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.40° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.97° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.