The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
3:14 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 118.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.89° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.74° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.