The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1923
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
2:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.07° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.59° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| 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.