The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
6:46 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 162.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 9.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.19° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.77° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.