The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
2:45 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1769
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 | 115.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.14° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.35° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.