The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.63° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.29° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.