The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2165
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 281.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.39° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.91° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| 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.