The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2017
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
7:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.73° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.