The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
12:14 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.42° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.03° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.