The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1991
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
2:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.19° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.13° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.