The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1950
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
12:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 334
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 | 286.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.56° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.58° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.