The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
9:58 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.23° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.59° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| 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.