The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2127
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
5:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2523
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.12° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.38° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 159.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.