The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1920
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
11:35 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.87° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.35° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.