The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2000
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.16° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.47° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.