The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1923
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
9:30 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.70° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.36° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| 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.