The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2035
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
2:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1385
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.15° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.54° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.