The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
12:09 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.55° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.34° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.