The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 1998
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
7:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 349.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.09° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.