The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
5:05 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 144.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 28.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.78° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.29° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.