The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2056
Waning Crescent
5.9% 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
5:37 AM
3:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.34° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.06° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.