The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
4:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1114
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.21° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.22° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.