The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1988
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
9:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 198.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.59° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.01° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.