The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
4:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2066
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.66° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.16° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.