The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1902
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 313.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 220.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.23° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.28° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.