The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
2:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 248
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.23° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.07° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.