The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 2174
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:13 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3105
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.05° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.85° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.