The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2081
Waning Crescent
17.6% 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
4:06 AM
1:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.74° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.51° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.