The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2167
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
8:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3018
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 | 193.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.83° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.