The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:54 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 128.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.41° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.42° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.