The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 13, 1947
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 297
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.89° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.68° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.