The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1921
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
10:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 60.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.21° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.26° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.