The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
4:18 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1225
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 | 133.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.80° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.64° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.