The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:17 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.35° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.02° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.