The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 2024
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
8:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 136.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.52° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.