The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2002
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.24° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.40° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.