The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
8:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 31.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.93° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.24° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.