The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2107
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
9:50 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.41° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.86° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| 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.