The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:50 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 141.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.36° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.21° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| 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.