The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 13, 1997
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
11:10 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -1.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.23° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.40° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.