The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 13, 2086
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
3:45 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2016
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.40° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.16° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.