The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2061
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
11:57 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1707
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.40° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.30° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.