The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 2176
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
12:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3129
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 | 289.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.99° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.01° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.