The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
11:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 67.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -4.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.02° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.63° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.