The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
2:35 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 116.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.42° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.63° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.