The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1996
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
11:50 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° 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.
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.90° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.55° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.