The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1959
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
11:25 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 66.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.92° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.