The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1944
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
10:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 204.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.90° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.03° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.