The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
3:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 125.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.72° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.76° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.