The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2412
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.72° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.52° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.