The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
2:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 109.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.01° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.21° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.