The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1923
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:58 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 0
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 | 304.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.20° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.41° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.