The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2002
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
4:39 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 350.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.52° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.62° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.