The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 5, 1965
Waxing Crescent
7.2% 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
9:59 AM
7:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 30.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.87° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.18° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.