The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1903
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury and Saturn 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 | 75.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.87° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.83° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.