The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1918
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
11:49 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.95° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.97° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.