The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
4:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2276
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 | 142.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.84° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.90° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.