The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 1929
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
9:12 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 75
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus 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 | 42.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.17° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.91° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.