The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2102
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
9:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2214
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.98° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.62° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.