The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2041
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
8:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1460
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.78° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.14° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.