The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1932
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
2:50 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 330.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.12° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.37° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.