The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2097
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2152
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 | 284.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.83° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.39° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.