The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2070
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
12:44 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 285.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.01° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.06° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.