The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2159
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
8:54 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2919
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 328.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.57° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.74° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.