The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.73° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.67° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.