The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1936
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
10:35 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 161
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.41° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.41° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.