The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1928
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:24 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 246.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.30° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.74° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.