The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 2013
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:06 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.46° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.71° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.