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Moon Information For January 5 2018 (Northern Hemisphere)

Moon January 5, 2018 (Northern Hemisphere)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, Northern Hemisphere on Friday, January 5, 2018. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset10h7m
Moonrise20:19
Moonset10:12
Distance to the center of the Sun147,099,343 km
Distance to the center of Earth370,410 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)86.5%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonLeo ♌
Moon age (days past new moon)18.3

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in January 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and BeehiveJanuary 3Beehive is 2.3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Regulus2018-01-05 02:24Regulus is 0.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterJanuary 11Jupiter is 4.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnJanuary 14Saturn is 2.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranJanuary 27Aldebaran is 0.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and BeehiveJanuary 31Beehive is 2.3 degrees North of the Moon.

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