The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1931
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
1:45 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 99
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 | 312.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.58° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.13° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.