The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:36 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 755
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 | 104.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.46° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.37° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.