The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 115.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.21° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.89° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.