The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1970
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
11:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 66.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.96° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.73° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.