The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2061
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1707
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.46° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.14° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.