The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
2:34 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 117.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.62° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.32° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.