The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2023
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
11:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1237
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 | 242.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.94° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.58° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.