The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1947
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
11:39 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.00° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.53° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.