The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 1991
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
10:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 245.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.42° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.98° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.