The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
2:17 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 619
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 | 109.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.75° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.49° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.