The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:59 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 107.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.26° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.99° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.