The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1929
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
1:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 302.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.31° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.43° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.