The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.23° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.22° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.