The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 2179
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
4:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 345.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 186.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.54° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.34° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.