The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 2042
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
12:01 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1472
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 | 272.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.21° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.67° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.