The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
4:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1559
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 22.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.48° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.33° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.