The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2016
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
10:57 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.22° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.61° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.