The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 2002
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
5:36 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.01° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.81° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.