The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 1918
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
7:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 141.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.77° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.39° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.