The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2103
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 318.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.35° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.07° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.