The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2108
Waning Crescent
39.1% 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
1:23 AM
12:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2288
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 | 282.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.23° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.50° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.