The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1978
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 73.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 93.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.61° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.99° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.03° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.