The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1980
Waning Crescent
29.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:29 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 294.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.53° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.65° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.