The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1906
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
9:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -210
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 | 204.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.94° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.11° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.