The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1951
Waning Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
2:46 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 330.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 202.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.56° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.18° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.