The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2119
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:20 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2424
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.27° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.77° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.