The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2170
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
10:17 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3055
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.52° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.14° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.