The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2055
First Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1633
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.45° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.77° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.