The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2089
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
1:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.84° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.85° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.