The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1981
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
5:03 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.15° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.45° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.