The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 2080
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
11:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1942
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 267.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.13° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.94° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.