The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2001
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
10:12 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 220.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.83° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.92° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.