The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2020
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
9:29 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.23° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.60° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.