The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 13, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
5:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 152.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.32° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.07° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.