The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1947
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
12:27 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 276.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.38° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.84° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.