The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2051
Waning Crescent
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
12:12 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 275.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.96° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.26° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.