The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1974
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 250.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.21° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.36° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| 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.