The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
4:28 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 136.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.31° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.62° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.