The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1901
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
11:37 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.21° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.71° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.