The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1994
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:37 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 158.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.43° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.70° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.