The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
5:52 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -74
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 | 151.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 21.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.09° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.45° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.