The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2081
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:03 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.21° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.19° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.