The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
9:31 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 215.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.08° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.46° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.