The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 1991
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
3:22 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.02° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.32° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.