The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1952
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
8:26 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 359
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.89° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.