The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 2173
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
11:29 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3092
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 | 251.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.95° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.