The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 2119
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2424
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 | 295.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 235.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.49° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.94° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.