The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1955
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:30 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 245.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.78° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.07° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.