The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2087
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
6:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2029
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 | 9.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.20° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.38° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.