The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 1928
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 257.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.44° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.89° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.