The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.63° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.09° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.