The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
6:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 3.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.87° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.44° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.