The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1937
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:15 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 282.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.06° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.79° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.