The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2124
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
10:19 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2486
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 | 235.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.02° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.12° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.