The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
2:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 285
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.39° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.82° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.