The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
7:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1262
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 | 164.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 28.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.27° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.85° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.