The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1902
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
8:40 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 131.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.73° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.42° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.