The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
5:04 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 142.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.79° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.79° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.