The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:54 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.83° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.72° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.