The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 3, 1913
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
2:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.99° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.