The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
3:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2845
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 | 120.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.43° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.01° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.