The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1959
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
9:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 43.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.01° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.18° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.