The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2018
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:37 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 229.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.23° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.16° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.