The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2045
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
9:47 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 212.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 315.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.04° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.37° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.