The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1971
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 594
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 | 215.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.03° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.99° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.