The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1962
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
4:49 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.93° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.64° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.