The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
10:37 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.07° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.48° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.