The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1905
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
2:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 227.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -13.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.16° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.68° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.