The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
3:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 129.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.96° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.49° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.