The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
6:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.42° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.57° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.