The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1996
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 256.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.96° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.