The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1921
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
10:00 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.99° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.