The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 13, 2020
Waning Gibbous
88.9% 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
8:58 PM
10:10 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.75° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.72° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.