The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2029
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
10:44 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1311
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 | 245.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.17° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.57° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.