The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1943
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
5:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 347.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.18° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.34° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.