The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1931
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
12:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 99
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 | 288.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.29° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.78° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.