The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
3:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2536
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.05° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.86° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.