The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2072
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
12:19 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1843
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.98° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.41° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.