The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
5:06 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 186
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 | 144.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 28.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.30° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.09° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.