The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 131.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.62° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.42° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.