The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
1:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 149
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 | 100.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.00° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.27° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.