The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2098
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2165
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 | 33.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.58° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.90° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.