The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
6:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 163.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.22° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.94° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.