The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:44 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2870
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 | 114.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.72° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.67° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.