The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
2:24 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.22° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.34° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.