The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 1985
Waning Crescent
41.8% 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
1:13 AM
12:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.02° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.46° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.