The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2061
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:19 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1707
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.22° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.46° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.