The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1931
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
9:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.29° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.