The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2128
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
10:36 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2536
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.06° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.81° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.