The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 13, 1958
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:33 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.45° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.11° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.