The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 2018
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
3:46 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.67° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.63° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.