The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1986
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
1:09 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.64° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.68° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.