The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:22 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.17° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.