The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1961
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:51 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 302.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.30° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.03° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.