The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
5:02 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 866
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 | 143.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.54° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.37° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.