The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1900
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:37 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -284
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 | 56.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.51° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.77° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.