The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
3:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 130.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.53° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.22° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.