The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1910
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
1:20 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 293.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.76° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.63° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.