The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1999
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
10:22 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.64° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.37° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.