The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2037
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
2:43 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.94° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.07° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.