The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2007
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:11 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 282.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.92° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.80° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.