The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
6:33 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 156.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 13.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.53° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.05° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.