The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1901
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
8:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -272
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 | 188.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.38° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.