The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1936
Waning Gibbous
85.2% 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
9:40 PM
9:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 225.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.52° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.12° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.