The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2078
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 264.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.31° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.43° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.