The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2161
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
8:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2944
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 | 189.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.80° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.30° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.