The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1996
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
7:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.90° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 202.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.