The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1868
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.10° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.