The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2135
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2622
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.02° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.69° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.