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Moon Information For January 5 2018 (South Africa)

Moon January 5, 2018 (South Africa)

The Moon information shown here applies to Pretoria, South Africa on Friday, January 5, 2018. (Local time Africa/Johannesburg)

Moonrise to moonset13h16m
Moonrise22:05
Moonset08:49
Distance to the center of the Sun147,098,887 km
Distance to the center of Earth369,335 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)88.7%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonLeo ♌
Moon age (days past new moon)18

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 09:24Regulus is 0.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterJanuary 11Jupiter is 4.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnJanuary 15Saturn 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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