The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% 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
2:36 PM
4:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1905
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 | 139.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.50° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.97° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.