The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 2002
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
6:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.32° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.00° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| 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.