The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2054
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:12 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 | 324.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 210.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.01° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.35° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.