The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
3:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2004
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.03° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.57° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.