The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1977
Waning Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:27 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 668
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.85° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.91° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.