The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
6:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 159.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.77° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.17° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.