The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1917
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
10:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.53° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.77° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.