The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1985
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 253.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.79° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.15° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.