The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1951
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
11:11 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 347
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 | 63.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.13° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.52° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.