The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
3:11 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3105
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.97° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.88° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.