The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1937
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
7:57 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 174
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.50° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.58° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.