The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2076
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
4:39 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.05° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.13° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.