The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 140.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.46° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.17° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.