The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2096
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
10:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2140
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.35° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.61° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.