The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 2006
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 76.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.64° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.