The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2004
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
11:02 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.81° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.80° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.