The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2053
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
8:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 193.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.47° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.78° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.