The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2034
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
12:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.22° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.