The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2116
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2387
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.90° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.88° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.