The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% 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
2:42 PM
4:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3006
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.91° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.28° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.