The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2177
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
11:01 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3142
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.75° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.90° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.