The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1940
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
9:42 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 46.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.40° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.80° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.