The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 13, 2175
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3117
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.45° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.63° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| 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.