The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2173
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3092
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 | 262.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.60° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.28° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.