The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2043
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1484
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 | 296.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.69° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.88° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.