The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1912
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
1:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 222.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.52° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.31° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.