The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
6:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1398
Events on this date
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 2.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.18° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.58° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.