The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1926
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
3:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.91° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.55° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.