The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1969
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
1:33 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 569
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 | 310.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.31° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.73° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.