The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1929
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
7:02 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.01° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.28° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.