The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1948
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
7:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 141.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 30m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.34° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.47° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.