The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 14, 2048
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
4:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.80° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.75° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.