The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
1:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2239
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 | 97.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.16° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.06° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.