The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2031
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
9:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1336
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 | 224.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.44° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.98° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.