The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1916
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
6:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -23.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.25° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.28° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.