The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 108.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.00° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.78° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.