The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1909
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
12:14 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.38° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.40° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.