The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2008
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
10:05 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.32° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.30° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.