The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
1:44 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 718
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.42° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.98° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.