The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 14, 2066
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
9:21 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1769
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.09° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.86° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.