The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1924
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.68° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.