The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1975
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
12:18 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.28° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.23° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.