The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1959
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
2:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 445
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.64° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.51° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| 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.