The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:12 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -49
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 | 132.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.24° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.02° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.