The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2144
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
6:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2734
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 | 6.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.13° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.31° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.