The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
1:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 96.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.57° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.04° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.