The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2136
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2635
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.54° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.46° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.