The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2105
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:15 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2251
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.21° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.80° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.