The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
8:54 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 203.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.45° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.20° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.