The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1972
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
1:51 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 315.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.20° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.30° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.