The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2029
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.79° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.16° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.