The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2165
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
12:16 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2993
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.85° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.75° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.