The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 6, 2177
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3142
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.73° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.