The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 14, 2062
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
9:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1720
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.13° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.