The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2189
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
1:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3290
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.12° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.03° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.