The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1970
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
2:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 329.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.78° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.97° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.