The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2157
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
12:34 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2894
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 | 290.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.13° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.36° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.