The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
6:10 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2907
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.90° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.69° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.