The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2050
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
9:57 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 230.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.23° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.76° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.