The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2017
First Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
12:03 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.07° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.21° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.