The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2046
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1522
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 | 60.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.07° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.69° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.