The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 1982
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
11:12 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 243.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.69° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.40° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.