The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
6:16 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 13.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.39° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.38° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.