The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Waning Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:48 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.35° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.99° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.