The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2047
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
8:17 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1534
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 | 188.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.64° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.80° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.