The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 125.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.34° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.89° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.