The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2132
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
10:11 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2585
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 | 215.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.50° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.53° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.