The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1944
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 226.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.51° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.30° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.