The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1596
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.00° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.