The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1909
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:27 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -173
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 | 247.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.42° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.09° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.