The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1964
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
3:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 507
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 | 335.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 196.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.37° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.00° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.