The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
4:28 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 135.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.62° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.28° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.