The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2071
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:35 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1831
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.64° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.05° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.