The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1905
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -222
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 | 77.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.59° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.32° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.