The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2005
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
9:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1015
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.62° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.05° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.