The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2109
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
10:00 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2301
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.74° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.62° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.