The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
1:50 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2969
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.68° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.12° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.