The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2069
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
10:21 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1806
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 | 239.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.69° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.55° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.