The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1985
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
12:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.95° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.30° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.