The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
3:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3315
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 46.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.70° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.59° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.