The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1944
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
10:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 260
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.72° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.17° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.