The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2099
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2177
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 270.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.74° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.60° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.