The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
4:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 891
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 | 133.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.93° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.99° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.