The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 2176
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
12:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3129
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 231.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.84° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.18° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.