The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
5:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 353.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 176.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.00° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.31° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.