The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1982
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
10:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 218.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.80° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.13° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.