The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2015
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:50 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 185.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.77° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.