The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2014
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
10:47 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.46° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.28° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.