The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
2:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.64° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.52° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.