The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1994
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
7:40 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 879
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 144.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.53° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.51° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.