The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1907
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
4:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.78° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.76° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.