The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2101
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2202
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.46° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.81° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.