The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
6:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 15.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.45° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.42° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.