The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
4:56 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3377
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.48° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.21° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.