The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 1986
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
10:15 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 780
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 | 53.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.79° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.66° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.