The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 2181
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
4:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3191
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 195.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.24° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.85° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.