The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1930
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
7:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 352.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.63° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 329.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.