The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 2008
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
11:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 62.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.81° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.13° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.