The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1926
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.60° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.35° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.