The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2129
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
12:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° 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 | 270.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.68° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.33° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.83° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.