The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1922
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 82.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.03° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.