The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2132
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:47 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2585
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 | 228.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 300.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.01° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.67° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.