The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 2019
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.64° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.68° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.