The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2065
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
4:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 185.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.78° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.83° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.