The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1959
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:28 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 54.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.63° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.00° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.