The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 2008
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 75.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.51° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.96° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.