The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 1991
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
4:20 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.91° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.50° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.