The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 2017
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 196.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.99° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.86° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.