The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
5:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 28.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.81° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.85° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.