The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.57° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.21° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.