The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
6:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1732
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 | 150.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.05° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.37° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.