The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2142
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
8:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2709
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 | 189.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.82° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.