The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1940
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
8:46 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 35.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.49° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.98° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.