The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
7:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 173.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.45° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.83° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.