The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1996
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:26 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 280.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.20° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.