The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
7:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.54° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.