The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 1974
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
12:12 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 262.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.59° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.51° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.