The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1979
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
8:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.25° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.43° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.