The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2015
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 262.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.42° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.19° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.