The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2474
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 | 107.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.66° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.09° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.