The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1962
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 83.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 2.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.57° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.09° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.