The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2059
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
3:46 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 339.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 191.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.35° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.84° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.