The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2005
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:44 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 58.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.83° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.