The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2102
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
11:39 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2214
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.36° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.49° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.