The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1966
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 255.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / 0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.71° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.33° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.