The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2040
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
11:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 248.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.91° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.85° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.