The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
4:54 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 353.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 176.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.23° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.44° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.