The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1915
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
10:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.17° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.96° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.