The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:07 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 495
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 | 125.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 12.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.82° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.58° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.