The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 2001
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.47° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.05° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.