The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2143
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
2:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2721
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 210.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.77° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.05° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.