The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:41 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 952
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 | 348.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.26° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.09° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.