The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2981
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 | 138.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 36.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.83° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.80° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.