The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2139
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2672
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 | 77.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 90.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.37° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.