The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -185
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 | 115.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.45° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.43° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.