The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2160
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2931
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.49° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.52° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.