The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 2023
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
11:50 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.76° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.88° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.