The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2059
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 255.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.64° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.