The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
6:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.29° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.96° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.