The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1957
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
9:59 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 50.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -4.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.40° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.52° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.