The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1912
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
9:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 196.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.98° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.