The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1968
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
11:25 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 69.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.48° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.23° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.