The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2009
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
9:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 201.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.50° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.33° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.