The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2141
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
3:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2696
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 201.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.21° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.71° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.