The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
2:55 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.90° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.77° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.