The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1976
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
9:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 48.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.77° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.88° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.