The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2025
Waxing Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
11:56 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.82° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.85° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.