The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2146
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -3.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.08° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.95° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.