The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 2013
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
1:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.63° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.17° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.