The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1942
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
3:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 235
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 203.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.72° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.59° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.