The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2170
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
10:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3055
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 | 230.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.23° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.27° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.