The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 14, 2019
First Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
12:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.19° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.52° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.