The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
3:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.03° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.81° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.