The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2086
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
10:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2016
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.42° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.81° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.