The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2116
Waning Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:45 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2387
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 | 253.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.23° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.73° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.