The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2154
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2857
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 | 262.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.41° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.49° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.