The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2171
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
4:31 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3067
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 180.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -26.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.35° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.84° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.