The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 1972
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
3:40 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 606
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.45° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.67° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.