The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1978
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:57 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 48.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.70° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.38° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.