The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1921
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
9:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 126.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.91° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.62° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.