The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 14, 2037
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
4:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 190.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.99° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.43° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.