The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 13, 1975
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
7:01 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 152.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.98° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.32° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.