The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1964
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 507
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 | 259.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.57° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.80° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.