The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
5:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 153.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.17° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.16° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.