The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
12:43 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° 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 | 284.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.97° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.