The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 13, 1999
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.83° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.64° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.