The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1945
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
5:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -21.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.53° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.85° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.