The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1988
Last Quarter
46.0% 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
12:56 AM
11:56 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.48° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.01° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.