The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2105
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2251
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 | 253.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.32° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.62° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.