The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 2131
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2573
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:55 AM, is deepest at 7:45 AM and ends at 9:35 AM. Totality lasts from 6:58 AM to 8:31 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.15° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.