The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1997
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:01 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 115.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.78° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.57° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.