The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1911
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
10:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.56° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.48° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.