The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2152
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
4:15 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2832
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 | 347.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 184.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.18° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.02° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.