The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 113.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.42° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.56° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.