The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1966
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
12:34 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 532
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 | 280.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.90° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.64° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.