The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1971
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
8:45 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 193.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.91° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.73° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.