The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1949
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
11:33 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.73° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.86° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.