The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -111
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.15° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.42° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.