The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 13, 1982
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
10:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 231.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.46° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.26° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.