The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1948
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
6:39 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 310
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 | 15.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.48° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.65° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.