The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2137
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:45 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2647
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 | 240.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.24° / -0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.05° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.