The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2012
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
9:36 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 222.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 301.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.18° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.20° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.