The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
6:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 165.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.29° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.61° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.