The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2064
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
9:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1744
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 331.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.67° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.04° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.