The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 13, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
3:07 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2400
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.63° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.95° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.