The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:54 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1460
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 | 129.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.88° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.01° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.