The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
2:24 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 110.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.47° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.62° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.