The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
1:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1794
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 66.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.47° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.98° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.