The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 1987
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.33° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.43° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.