The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2019
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
11:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.84° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.