The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
6:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 150.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 20.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.97° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.18° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.