The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 2148
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
11:36 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2783
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 | 254.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.34° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.30° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.