The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1945
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
1:10 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.57° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.64° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.