The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1930
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.01° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.67° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.