The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% 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
2:31 PM
4:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2771
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 | 133.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.66° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.07° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.