The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1992
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
6:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 8.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 161.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.64° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.24° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| 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.