The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1915
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
2:10 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.50° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.08° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.