The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1958
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
11:54 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.61° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.95° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.