The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1970
Waxing Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.68° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.56° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.