The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1910
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
6:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -160
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.91° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.09° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.