The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1938
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
9:26 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 43.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.38° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.32° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.