The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 2012
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
10:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / -0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.07° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.34° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.