The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1960
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
7:58 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 187.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 339.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.54° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.65° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.