The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1955
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
10:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 233.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.00° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.93° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.