The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2157
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
8:29 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2895
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.53° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.16° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.