The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2143
Waning Gibbous
78.0% 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
10:35 PM
10:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2721
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 | 235.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.87° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.93° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.