The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 5, 2013
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
12:09 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.41° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.83° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.