The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2028
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.60° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.12° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.