The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1939
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:07 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.10° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.47° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.