The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2082
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
11:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1967
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.70° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.60° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.