The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2042
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
11:21 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1472
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 | 250.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.48° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.36° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.