The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
1:13 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.43° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.01° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.