The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:49 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 103.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.80° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.04° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.