The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 2017
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 209.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.86° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.99° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.