The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1937
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 169.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.21° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.95° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 174.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.