The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2135
Waning Gibbous
65.6% 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
11:46 PM
11:38 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2622
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.86° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.54° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.