The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 2023
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1237
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 | 253.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.22° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.