The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2140
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
8:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2684
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 | 196.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.93° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.93° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.