The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:41 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1324
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 | 102.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.72° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.40° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.