The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 13, 1971
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
9:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 204.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.05° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.86° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.