The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2140
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
11:44 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2684
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 275.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.22° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.93° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.