The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2008
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
2:40 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 328.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.39° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.40° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.