The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1920
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
7:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.71° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.