The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1435
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.11° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.51° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.