The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
6:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 158.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 14.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.41° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.17° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.