The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1963
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.19° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.46° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.