The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2123
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2474
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 339.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.37° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.