The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2121
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
11:49 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2449
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 | 277.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.10° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.28° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.