The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2048
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
2:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.52° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.37° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.