The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 2018
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
3:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.84° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.44° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.