The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
5:58 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.10° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.83° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| 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.