The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 5, 2003
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
8:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.41° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.73° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.