The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
1:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.76° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.78° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.