The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1943
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
12:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 82.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.70° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.38° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.