The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:26 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1002
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 | 251.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.10° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.94° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.