The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2110
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2313
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.75° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.87° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| 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.