The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
2:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 308.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.82° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.73° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.