The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
2:37 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.72° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.75° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.