The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2080
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 255.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.18° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.