The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 13, 2161
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
8:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.78° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.42° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.