The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 1939
Waning Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:28 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 283.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.48° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.31° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.