The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
5:15 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 27.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 23.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.80° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.70° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.