The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1972
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
10:37 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 238.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.04° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.17° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.