The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
6:17 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3278
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 | 158.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 13.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.80° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.60° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.