The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
1:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 106.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.35° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.14° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.